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Thanks in Part to Jewish Activists, Colorado Will Ring in the New Year With...
While many of us will likely be sleeping in tomorrow, cannabis advocates will be up early (contrary to stereotype) to help inaugurate the newly legal marijuana market in Colorado. The first customer...
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With Egypt’s Border Closed, Israelis Are Farming Their Own Weed
For some Israelis, the government’s newly completed, $400 million border fence with Egypt looks like a way to stop terrorism. For others, it represents a visible effort to halt illegal immigration from...
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Israeli Scientists Believe a Chemical Compound Found in Marijuana Can Help...
A group of Israeli scientists have reason to believe that a chemical compound found in marijuana has the power to expedite the healing of broken bones. According to their study cannabinoid cannabidiol...
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Q&A: A.J. Weberman on Dylan, Lennon, Garbage, New York, and the JDL
Alan Weberman is a stone cold meshugganeh. He is by no means a reliable news source. Yet, by the same token, the legalese that these days must precede any printed record of the former Yippie, drug...
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This Week on Unorthodox, Author Eric Weiner and Oxford English Dictionary...
This week on Unorthodox: Israeli settlers and Palestinians work together … to grow marijuana. Our Jewish guest is Eric Weiner, former NPR Jerusalem bureau chief and author of the new book The Geography...
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Meet Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli Godfather of THC
It’s not every day that you can waltz down to police headquarters and pick up a few kilos of weed—unless, that is, you’re Raphael Mechoulam, the man who discovered THC, the chemical that gets you high...
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This Week on Unorthodox: BuzzFeed Marijuana Reporter Amanda Chicago Lewis and...
This week on Unorthodox, the ’90s are back: The Intifada is all the rage at UC Irvine, 90210’s Andrea Zuckerman is on our minds, and, well, a Clinton is running for president. Our Jewish guest is...
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The Juice on Jewcy: Bette Midler as Dolly Levi, 'Dirty Dancing' Hits the...
Excuse me, I only have a minute. I’m obsessively watching my email in anticipation of the notification that Oh, Hello on Broadway is debuting on Netflix. It could happen any day. And so, a quick...
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Boreh Pri Ha'Ganja: What's the Proper Blessing to Say Over Weed?
This summer we’re bringing you daily posts from our sister site, Jewcy.com, edited by Gabriela Geselowitz. You can find more from Jewcy here. In Judaism, blessings are said during certain moments to...
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JZ’s 12 Commandments for Incoming College Freshmen
1) Go buck wild. Your guardians are nowhere to be seen, so party—and I mean party—like nobody is watching, not even God. But that hangover, or that person next to you this morning, or the fact that...
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In San Francisco, the Society Jane Women’s Collective Hosts Tupperware-style...
“There’s a bro mentality in much of cannabis culture,” Society Jane co-founder Andy Greenberg told me. “It’s just a very male focus and attitude: ‘More is better! Stronger is better! Let’s dab! Let’s...
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The Israeli Whose App Made Ordering Weed As Easy As Ordering Pizza
According to a recent study conducted by the Israeli Anti-Drug Authority, the Holy Land might as well be rebranded as a “Weedtopia.” More than a quarter of adults aged 18 to 40 reported having used...
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A New Leaf
To Jews in the cannabis space, it’s an inside joke just how many of us are involved in weed: as activists, professionals, medical marijuana patients, or simply as stoners. But funny as it is, it’s not...
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A Visit With Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli Godfather of Cannabinoid Research
It smelled like weed as I walked past a grassy, tree-shaded area recently near a water fountain and benches at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, an affiliate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
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Want to Keep Jews Safe? Criminalize Marijuana
Sarah Halimi’s case marks a new milestone for the already embattled French Jewish community. After a drawn out court case, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, a Paris judge dropped the murder charges against...
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